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		<title>Social Host Law Enforcement Training Video</title>
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		<link>http://alcoholpolicypanel.org/sdcappblog/?p=173</link>
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		<title>Operation Safeguard</title>
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		<link>http://alcoholpolicypanel.org/sdcappblog/?p=153</link>
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		<title>AB 1019 Update &amp; Correction</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Assemblymember Jim Beall, Jr.&#8217;s bill, AB 1019, which would impose a ten cent fee on alcoholic beverages, was not killed in committee but strategically withdrawn when several key members failed to vote.  Advocates hope the bill will gain momentum over the next year and eventually pass.
The proposed alcohol fee could potentially generate $1.4 billion in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://alcoholpolicypanel.org/sdcappblog/?p=116</link>
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		<title>Why Not Alcohol Taxes?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The following op-ed is being submitted to the UT by Policy Panel Member, Reverend John Hughes, MSW, CEO, Metro United Methodist Urban Ministry.
Why Not Alcohol Taxes?
Even in the midst of the worst state budget crisis in California history, the legislature failed to approve Governor Schwarzenegger’s proposed “nickel a drink” tax increase as part of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://alcoholpolicypanel.org/sdcappblog/?p=111</link>
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		<title>In Defense of Alcohol Taxes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The following opinion piece is from Join Together Online.
For the Health (and Economy) of the Nation: Time to Tax Alcohol Fairly 
February 11, 2009
 
Like many people with a drinking problem, our nation itself is in denial about what alcohol abuse costs. With a looming &#8216;financial Armageddon&#8217; upon us, it&#8217;s time we confront the issue.
I started drinking alcohol to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://alcoholpolicypanel.org/sdcappblog/?p=107</link>
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		<title>Industry Dodges Alcopops Tax Increase</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On the heels of two great victories for public health: a tax increase and mandatory warning label for &#8220;alcopops,&#8221; the alcohol industry has found a way to avoid compliance with the new laws.
The reclassification of alcopops as liquor would have taxed these dangerous, youth-friendly drinks at $3.30 per gallon instead of the beer rate of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://alcoholpolicypanel.org/sdcappblog/?p=103</link>
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		<title>Alcohol Ban at Silver Strand</title>
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Silver Strand State Beach, the lone San Diego County beach allowing beer and wine last summer, has adopted an alcohol ban between March 16 and Sept. 30, beginning this year.  The decision follows a disorderly, alcohol-fueled Fourth of July weekend at the beach and a safer, more peaceful Labor Day weekend under a temporary booze [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://alcoholpolicypanel.org/sdcappblog/?p=98</link>
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		<title>Adolescents Vulnerable to Even Moderate Amounts of Alcohol</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ 
Excerpted from JTO Direct.
Even moderate amounts of alcohol can alter teens&#8217; brain and liver function, possibly leading to higher alcohol tolerance later in life, according to new research from Baylor University. 
For the study, researchers raised the blood-alcohol content of young male rats to between .05 and .09 percent through alcohol administration simulating low-dose [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://alcoholpolicypanel.org/sdcappblog/?p=93</link>
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		<title>U.T. Opinion Piece on Alcohol Taxes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The San Diego Union Tribune ran an opinion piece by Policy Panel Chair, Beth Sise. The text is pasted below or you may read the article on the Sign On San Diego website.
Why it&#8217;s time to increase alcohol taxes

By Beth Sise 
December 5, 2008
On the heels of an emergency legislative session to address California&#8217;s $18 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://alcoholpolicypanel.org/sdcappblog/?p=90</link>
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		<title>Increased Alcohol Taxes Save Lives</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Two important tax increase proposals are currently under legislative review. California Governor Schwarzenegger has proposed a “nickel a drink” alcohol tax increase on wine, beer and distilled spirits (see previous post for details). In addition, Assembly Member Jim Beall, Jr. has proposed an Assembly Constitutional Amendment that will increase the tax on beer by 30 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://alcoholpolicypanel.org/sdcappblog/?p=83</link>
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